Transportation

Airports

Airports in the United States Minor Outlying Islands provide critical emergency landing points across the vast Pacific Ocean for all types of aircraft, allow for important military presence in key strategic zones, and have limited scheduled commercial services. The following is a list of island airports with
ICAO (
IATA) codes:

Johnston Atoll Airport,
Johnston Atoll (Formerly PJON/JON): The airport was built during WWII, and saw significant commercial traffic during the second half of the 20th century. However, it was abandoned in 2003.[18]

A Claimed by the
Marshall Islands.B Previously claimed by
Hawaii when independent.
Palmyra Atoll was officially part of Hawaii until 1959.C Claimed by
Haiti.D Administered by
Colombia and claimed by
Jamaica and
Nicaragua, not included in the ISO list of territories; its area is not included in the total.E Administered by
Colombia and claimed by
Honduras and
Nicaragua, not included in the ISO list of territories; its area is not included in the total.FEach island (except for Bajo Nuevo Bank and Serranilla Bank) has a unique
FIPS (INCITS) code treating it as a
county-equivalent for statistical purposes; "74" is the state-level code for the U.S. Minor Outlying Islands.[28][29]GGEC stands for "Geopolitical Entities and Codes", a coding system superseding the
FIPS 10-4 codes; the codes (such as FQ for
Baker Island) treat each island as if it were a country.[20]